The new newscast, NewsChannel 5 Weekend Today, will be seen every Saturday from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. and every Sunday from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m.

"We heard from our viewers loud and clear about the need for local news and weather on weekend mornings. We couldn't be happier to be able to meet that need," President & General Manager Kyle Grimes said.

The new weekend morning newscast has some similar characteristics to the successful weekday morning news program, NewsChannel 5 Today. However, NewsChannel 5's Weekend Today content is specifically produced to prepare viewers with the news, weather and other information they want to get ready for the weekend.

NewsChannel 5 Weekend Today airs immediately before NBC's Today Show on both Saturday and Sunday.

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